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Yi Wang

Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 2024-

PhD Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2020

Dual B.S. Marine Chemsitry & Geochemistry and Economics, Xiamen University, 2014

Love history and museums when not thinking about research…

Fang Qian 2024-

PhD 2023 Marine Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Madeline (Maddy) Tompson, PhD student, 2026-

Thesis topic: exploring but will likely be either Eocene-Oligocene or modern Tl cycle.

B.S. Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Houston 2026

Shreya Kundu, PhD student, 2025-

Thesis topic: Gulf of Mexico ultra-high resolution dead zone (and terrestrial input, productivity, etc.)

M.S. Geology, Banaras Hindu University 2022. B.S. Geology, Banaras Hindu University 2020

Awards: GSA Student Research Grant (Outstanding Mention, 2026)

Thesis topic: Everything about the last Interglacial (MIS 5e) mainly in the Gulf of California: oxygen, productivity, forams, thallium isotopes!

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Environmental Science, UCSC, 2022

Awards: Best TA (2026), Cushman Foundation Student Research Grant (2025), GSA Student Research Grant (2025), Murphy Fellowship (2025).

Brittany (Britt) Johnson, Master Student 2024-2026

Thesis topic: Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum ocean

oxygenation

B.S. Earth and Environmental Science (Concentration in Coastal Environments) 2024, University of New Orleans

Awards: Best TA (2025), GSA Student Research Grant (2025).

Tan Danh (Danny) Ngo, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane, 2026-

Marco Sison, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane, 2026-

Latham Morgan, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane, 2025-

Michael Douglas, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane, 2025-

Vincent Martin, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane, 2025-

Leah Tang, summer intern, Cornell University, 2025

R/V Pelican Cruise 2025

AGU 2025 group photo